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    The Maggody Militia

    By Joan Hess

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    In this hilarious cozy mystery, small-town police chief Arly Hanks tries to stop a right-wing militia from turning Maggody into a battlefield.

    The sign welcoming travelers to Maggody, Arkansas, reads "Pop. 755," and don't expect Hizzoner Jim Bob to repaint it just because there's someone new in town. The mayor won't go out of his way for anyone, especially someone wicked – and a woman who would open a pawnshop in Maggody must be very wicked indeed. Kayleen Smeltner decided to open the shop after her husband was killed during a burglary. She came to Maggody expecting peace and quiet, but she'll find this quaint little patch of nowhere isn't as peaceful as it seems.   When a right-wing militia takes up residence in the pasture behind the pawnshop, police chief Arly Hanks knows it's only a matter of time before the bullets start to fly. The strange citizens of Maggody are on the verge of civil war, and it will only take one spark to set the town ablaze.   There's no politics like small-town politics, and there's no town on earth like Maggody. This madcap take on right-wing militias is one of Joan Hess's most topical – and outrageous – mysteries yet.

    The Maggody Militia is the 10th book in the Arly Hanks Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHead of Zeus
    Release dateNov 7, 2016
    ISBN9781786693488
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    Joan Hess

    Joan Hess was the author of the Claire Malloy Mysteries and the Arly Hanks Mysteries, formally known as the Maggody Mysteries. She was a winner of the American Mystery Award and the Agatha Award (for which she was nominated five times), a member of Sisters in Crime, and a former president of the American Crime Writers League. She died in November 2017, four months after the publication of The Painted Queen.

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    • 4/5
      When an outside militia group comes to Maggody for maneuvers and tries to recruit new blood during hunting season, their star recruit is Kevin Buchanon, Maggody's biggest chump. When Kevin's maneuver partner is killed, Arly must find the answer to a problem that nearly ends up killing her as well. Add half the population going missing, some stray wild animals and an alluring black widow and it adds up to better than the usual Maggody mayhem. One of my favorites in the series.